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Aid Effectiveness: On the Radar and Off the Radar
Author(s) -
Husain Matt M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12211
Subject(s) - poverty , geopolitics , china , neoliberalism (international relations) , dominance (genetics) , development economics , economics , sustainable development , inequality , political science , politics , economic growth , political economy , economic system , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , law , gene
Poverty is a human construct, yet the Euro‐American development assistance programmes that aim to reduce poverty remain a function of systemic problems, profit and politics. Critics argue that widened global income inequality and neoliberalism's ineffectiveness in the Global South can be reflected in recent geopolitical and epistemic tensions. China's rise as an economic and military power and its authority in setting up the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank directly threaten Euro‐American dominance in development discourse. These changes can bring multiple perspectives in the aid effectiveness debate. While these views introduce alternatives to the business approach of poverty reduction, they also make the Sustainable Development Goals appear more significant than ever.